Category: Aging

Aging

Sleep disturbances such as insomnia are extremely common, especially in women after menopause. According to data from the National Institutes of Health, sleep disturbance varies from 16% to 42% before menopause, from 39% to 47%...

Aging

A study published June 18, 2019 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia suggests that napping may also precede the risk of dementia and cognitive decline, reports UCSF. The study found that men who had napped for an average of two...

World Sleep Society is issuing a global call to action about the importance of healthy sleep. Friday, March 15, 2019 is the 12th annual World Sleep Day. Created and hosted by World Sleep Society, World Sleep Day is an...

They may start as efforts to calm anxiety, improve sleep, or ease depression. But prescriptions for sedatives known as benzodiazepines may lead to long-term use among one in four older adults who receive them, according to new...

Small monkeys called marmosets can mimic the sleep disturbances, changes in circadian rhythm, and cognitive impairment people with Parkinson’s disease develop, according to a new study by scientists at Texas Biomedical Research...

Researchers in Hungary have found another good reason to let sleeping dogs lie — and maybe for us humans to get more sleep, too, reports Ohmidog. The scientists placed wires on the head of 15 aging dogs to measure electrical...

SleepScore Labs has announced the availability of its newest non-contact device, SleepScore Max. Powered by SleepScore by ResMed technology, SleepScore Max is backed by 10 years of research and development, and validated against...